Theresa May Accuses EU

Theresa May has accused European politicians of making "threats" against Britain to try to influence the general election result. The PM launched a stinging attack on the "bureaucrats of Brussels" in a speech outside 10 Downing Street after meeting the Queen. She said some in Brussels wanted Brexit talks to fail and that the European press had "misrepresented" the UK's negotiating stance. She said events of the past few days had shown "just how tough" Brexit talks are likely to be. 
"Britain's negotiating position in Europe has been misrepresented in the continental press," she said, in a reference to a German newspaper's account of her dinner with the EU Commission chief. "The European Commission's negotiating stance has hardened. Threats against Britain have been issued by European politicians and officials. 
"All of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the general election that will take place on 8 June." May statement came during a day in which the UK's Brexit Secretary and the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier had appeared at odds over the size of the "Brexit bill" the UK would owe when it left the European Union.

Source: QNA